A Bahraini court sentenced a defendant in absentia to 3 years in prison for falsifying a higher academic degree and ordered the confiscation of the forged document.

Assistant General Secretariat for Evaluation and Accreditation Mona Al-Balooshi said that the Secretariat monitored 60 forged certificates and 40 others certificates suspected to be false.

The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant accused of forging certificate from a Malaysian University to 3 years in prison and ordered the confiscation of forged documents.

Look who is mocking the complaints of the superiors and their parents with regard to the unfair distribution of scholarships and the ministry�s lack of transparency in granting scholarships to students who deserve them. It is the journalist Osama Al-Majid who holds a diploma in journalism and media from the fictitious #Lahaye_University, at least that�s what Al-Bilad newspaper, which he works for, put on his identification card.

The Civil Service Bureau said that it fired a government agency director holding a forged doctorate.

Bahraini local Al-Bilad newspaper reported that the undersecretary of the Ministry of Works, Mohammad Al-Ansari, accused of forging his higher education certificates, only has a high school certificate and a diploma from the University of Bahrain and that all the rest of his certificates are forged and issued by fake foreign universities.

The case of forged certificates in Kuwait triggered the public opinion in Bahrain in August to question the certificates of governmental officials and private sector employees.

Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa ordered that an Assistant Undersecretary from a ministry that provides public services be referred to the Public Prosecution to verify his academic record.

Local Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper said that the Academic Accreditation Committee affiliated with the Higher Education Council discovered dozens of forged certificates. Among the discovered certificates, there is a holder of a forged certificate who works as an undersecretary in the services ministries.

As every investigation or follow-up committee, the investigation in the forged certificates case led to nothing.

There�s nothing easier than causing confusion to hide a big scandal. In a country like Bahrain, officials master such things. They are very good at manipulating certain situations and painting them to be sectarian in order to bury them and protect senior state officials.

The public Prosecution has recalled that its duty does not involve revealing the truth when it comes to governmental bodies, so it was quick to release a statement attempting to convince the public that the Ministry of Education is doing its job.

Education Minister�s Son Ali bin Majid Al-Nuaimi �achieves� PhD degree awarded by an institute not recognized by the Ministry.

Officials in the Education Ministry showcase themselves as the competent party for solving issues related to forged certificates. Meanwhile, information proves that the Ministry is largely involved in the scandal that hit the Bahraini public.

Today we will talk about one of Bahrain's top education officials and his fast rise to power, Dr. Fawzi Abdulrahman Al-Jowder, Ministry's Undersecretary for Educational and Curricula Affairs and president of the National Council of Scientific Qualifications Evaluation.

Al-Ebdaa Bank is mistaken to defend its deceitful CEO Khalid Al-Ghazzawi.

Lawyer Fatima Al-Hawaj said that institutions that helped Bahrainis receive forged degree started to blackmail them as this educational scandal became widespread.

Do you want proof of the fragility of the state of Bahrain and evidence that shows Bahrain is merely an administrative regime run hazardously? You only have to surf the fraudulent Lahaye university website.

The president of �Ibda�a Bank� Khalid Al-Ghazawi is an example of all that is dark in Bahrain. This criminal fraud, who was revealed to have forged academic credentials through paying $13 thousand to buy his PhD from a fake university �Ray�, went on to threaten those who exposed him with legal prosecution, instead of stepping back before this huge scandal.

What if you were told that the national committee of accreditation of foreign qualifications didn�t accept to accredit your graduation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US, which is ranked globally as one of the most important universities.